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Theory and Evidence in Comparative Politics and International Relations (New Visions in Security)

By Richard Ned Lebow , Mark Lichbach

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
140397456X, 9781403974563, 9780230607507
LCC
H61 .S58976 2007
Open Library ID
OL22768066M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1313144 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
304\301
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
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Description

This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of political knowledge and social inquiry.  What can we know, and how do we know?  Friedrich V. Kratochwil and Ted Hopf question all foundational claims of inquiry and envisage science as a self-reflective practice.  Brian Pollins and Fred Chernoff accept their arguments to some degree and explore the implications for logical positivism.  David A. Waldner, Jack Levy, and Andrew Lawrence address the purpose and methods of research.  They debate the role of explanation versus prediction, the relationship of theory to evidence, and their implications for the Democratic Peace research program.  A concluding chapter by Mark Lichbach offers a pluralistic reformulation of neopositivism.  An alternative conclusion by Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross Stein and Steven Weber contends that social science should be modeled on medicine and reformulated as a set of case-based diagnostic tools.  The distinguishing feature of the book is the inclusion of authors who represent different approaches to social science and their willingness to engage with one another in a constructive debate.

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